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434 11.6 (J) Income Exclusions (Public Assistance (PA) vendor payments): This section has been updated to add a link to Section 11.5 (R) Home Energy Assistance Payments. 12.4 (2) Shelter Deduction (Billed expenses): This section has been updated to add verbiage for clarity and to add the subtitle “Billed expenses.” Subsequent entries have been re-numbered as appropriate. 12.4 (3) Shelter Deduction (Allowed shelter costs): This section has been updated by changing the word “expenses” to “costs” to the title of the subsection for clarity. 12.5 (1) Shelter Deduction (Billed expenses): This section has been updated to revise the “Note” for clarity. 12.5 (2) Utility Allowance (Mandatory Utility Allowance [MUA]): This section has been updated to clarify that the heating or cooling costs must be separate from the rent and mortgage in order for the household to be entitled to the MUA. In addition, a “Note” has been added to clarify that the household is only entitled to one utility allowance when that household has both an occupied and an unoccupied home. 12.5 (3) Utility Allowance (Basic Utility Allowance [BUA]): This section has been updated to clarify that expenses for at least two utilities listed must be incurred in order for a household to qualify for the BUA. In addition, verbiage has been added regarding the expenses for clarity. 12.6 Dependent Care Deduction: This section has been revised by removing the word “adult” in order to clarify that a dependent care deduction may be allowed for a dependent of any age who is incapacitated. 12.7 Child Support Deduction: This section has been updated by adding verbiage for clarity. 13.5 (3) Determining Deductions (Anticipating expenses): This section has been updated to include verbiage pertaining to the BUA and actual utility costs for clarity. 19.8 (2) Changes in South Carolina Combined Application Project (SCCAP) Households (SCCAP household reports a change in circumstances which would cause the case to be excluded from SCCAP): This section has been updated to provide the current procedures for the Interview Process.

19.12 Processing Households Eligible For The Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP): This section has been updated to provide the current procedures for the Interview Process.

SNAP Tool Kit 2: Acceptable Verification of U.S. Citizenship and Non-Citizen Eligibility: This section has been updated to add descriptions and acceptable sources of verification as well as to add verbiage for clarity.

Volume 58 July 2023 5.1 (12) Verification Prior to Certification (Able-bodied adults subject to the time limit): This section has been updated to add verbiage regarding the DSS Form 1262, Benefits Inquiry, being utilized to obtain verification of an ABAWD’s countable months used in another State.